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In a pre-emptive manner; so as to pre-empt someone or something.
Informatively; in order to give information to one's partner, spec. when declaring a double. Cf. informatory, adj. 2.
Bridge. With the primary intention of giving information about one's hand to one's partner. Cf. informatory, adj. 2.